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COMBINED HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND FIRE ESCAPE. N0. 364,668. Patented June 14, 1887.

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COMBINED, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND FIRE ESCAPE. No. 364,668.

Patented June 14, 1887.

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Y UNITED STATES PATENT Orricno HENRY e. POWELL, or BAYSWATER, COUNTY or MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND.

COMBlN EDHOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND FIRE-ESCAPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,668, dated June 14, 1887. Application filed January .20, 1887. Serial No. 224,883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1', HENRY Gnonen Pow- ELL, a subject of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, residing at N o. 40 Kensington Gardens Square, Bayswater, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented a new'aud useful Improvement in Combined Household Furniture and Fire-Escapes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to household furniture which is so arranged as to form, when needed, a fire-escape.

The invention consists in combining a pcculiar construction of chair or table with a fire-escape, the parts being arranged and constructed as hereinafter set forth, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which 7 Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a chair constructed in accordance with v one part of my invention, the back being shown in section. Fig. 2 represents, partially in section, a somewhat similar chair, the back having one fold opened out over an ordinary narrow window-ledge with the fire-escape in position for use. folds opened out and adapted for a window, the ledge of which is some distance from the floor. Fig. 4 represents the chair and fireescape in position for use with a French 7 or casement window, door opening, or the like. Fig. 5 represents the chair and fire-escape in position where the window-ledge is a wide one; and Fig. 6 represents a table of a construction very similar to that of the chai r, with the fire-escape in position for use.

In all the figures like letters of reference indicate like parts of the apparatus.

The box or receptacle A is adapted for holding the fire-escape B, which may consist of a ladder or an endless rope, as shown, provided with body-bands b,and working around a reel, 0, while a glass or other receiver, a, containing a liquid fireproofing solution,may, if deemed necessary, be placed in receptacle A, so that when opened or broken the fireproofing solution will saturate the rope as it travels around'the reel. e

The back of the chair or thelid of the table,

Fig. 3-represents the chair with both.

as the case may be, is jointed or hinged so as to form folds d e, adapted to the height of the window-ledge from the floor, as the bend over which the'rope is to travel should not be abox e this level to any extent, or the leverage will lift the chair or table from the floor.

The seat of the chair or supplementary bottom piece of the table f is hinged, so that it may be used as a brake upon the rope, as clearly indicated in Figs. 4, 5, and 6.

Where the chairs or tables are not in the first instance specially adapted for the particular height of any given window-ledge theyshould be made adjustable, and this I accomplish, in

the case of the table, by mounting it on an ordinary central screw, 9, such as frequently employed for piano-stools, and in the case of the chair by making the back legs hollow and placing therein rods 72, which are attached to and carry the top rail and folds of the chair. Said rods may be raised by hand, or springs i may be employed, the rods being held in position by set-screwy. When not in ordinary use, and when the fire-escape is packed in receptacle A, the hinged chair-back or tabletop cl e may be opened out as areading or music stand, as indicated in Fig. 1, where a supplementary supporting-piece, k, is shown for holding it in the desired position; butthis is not essential, as the partial opening of fold ewill answer the same purpose.

Having thus described the nature ofmy invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combined articles of household furniture and fire-escapes, the combination, with the receptacle A, having a rigid back portion and escape, B, of the supplemental hinged back or lid, constructed substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combined articles of household furniture and fire'escapes, the combination, with the receptacle A and endless escape B, of the roller 0 and hinged brake f, arranged substant-ially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

3. In combined articles of household furni a for fireproofing solution, substantially as and for the purposes described.

4. In combined articles of household furniture and fire-escapes, the combination, with the receptacle A, of a hinged back or lid with means for adjusting the height thereof, substantiall y as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

H. G. POWELL.

Witnesses:

PHILIP M. JUsTioE, ALLEN P. JoNEs, 

